F-16C Fighting Falcon flown by the U.S. Air Force
Air Demonstration Squadron, which has flown F-16 variants since 1982,

In February 2011, the KC-46A "NewGen Tanker" was selected by the U.S. Air Force
as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace KC-135 Stratotankers by
2017

Nicknamed "Viper" by the pilots who flew it, the F-16 was one of the most
successful aircraft designs of the Cold War, with innovations that included a
frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, a side-mounted control stick for
greater control while maneuvering, and a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire
flight control system for smoother flight at higher speeds.
A replica of an F-16D (two seat) Fighting Falcon operated by the U.S. Air Force
Thunderbirds Aerobatic Demonstration Team

Stationed at Alaska's Eielson Air Force Base, the 354th Fighter Wing is the
northernmost U.S. fighter wing in the world, providing our nation with
combat-ready F-16 Fighting Falcons capable of reaching anywhere in the northern
hemisphere at a moment's notice. The wing is also host to the annual Red
Flag-Alaska training exercises that allow multi-service forces to practice
combat operations over 60,000 square miles of premier rangeland.
Wearing a stunning "Arctic Flanker" camouflage scheme and "Bort"
numbers (Red 14) that simulate those of present-day Russian Su-27 aircraft

a Block 40 F-16C Fighting Falcon (a "Night Falcon" with enhanced
night/all-weather capabilities) flown by the U.S. Air Force's 555th Fighter
Squadron, 31st Fighter Wing, out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, in the late 1990s

The F-16 A, Fighting Falcon fighter
jets are built by General Dynamics. It used a Pratt & Whitney
F100 turbo jet engine producing 14,870 lbs of thrust when in afterburner
produced 23,830 lbs of thrust. The F-16 's max speed is 1350
mph with a cruise speed of 577 mph. The "A" model has an empty weight
of 14, 567 lbs and a max weight of 33,000 lbs. In contrast,
a later version, the F-16 N produced a total thrust with afterburner of
27,000 lbs. These jet fighters come in plastic aircraft models, wood kits,
die cast and mahogany aircraft models.There are many versions of this plane, these
specs cover only one version.

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I took the photo of the clouds used in the background picturewhile we were
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